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Playback Function Setup Others
Introduction
Connections
FEATURES
Features
Full high-definition video playback
Watch movies in the highest picture quality available for
your HDTV. This unit offers full high-definition video
playback up to 1080p resolution for an amazing viewing
experience. A highly detailed picture and increased
sharpness delivers a more true-to-life picture.
Upconvert DVD for enhanced picture quality
Your current DVD will look even better than before
thanks to video upconversion. Upconversion will increase
the resolution of standard definition DVD to high
definition up to 1080p over an HDMI connection. The
picture will be less jagged and more realistic for a near
high-definition experience.
Enjoy your content on different kinds of media
Full backwards compatibility with DVD, CD ensures that
you can continue to enjoy your current audio-video
collection. Additionally, you can view JPEG.
Listen to the rich multi-channel surround sound
Multi-channel surround sound, which realizes real-to-life
sound and makes you feel that you are really there.
Easy and simple connection to your HDTV via HDMI
Connect this unit to your HDTV with one single HDMI
(high definition multimedia interface) cable. It is
recommended to use High Speed HDMI Cable for better
compatibility. The high definition video output signal will
be transferred to your HDTV without conversion to
analogue signals, so you will get an excellent picture and
sound quality, completely free from noise.
Thanks to other multiple outputs, you can also easily
connect to your home theater system or amplifier.
PIP
Some BD-video have the PIP (picture-in-picture) function
which enables you to display the secondary video in the
primary video. You can call up the secondary video by
pressing [PIP] whenever the scene contains the
secondary video.
Pop-up menu
Some BD-video have pop-up menu which is a navigation
menu that can be called up and be operated on the TV
screen without interrupting the playback. You can call up
the pop-up menu by pressing [POP MENU / MENU].
Contents in the pop-up menu vary depending on the
disc.
HDMI Deep Color
Deep Color reduces the posterization effect of the
playback image. Refer to “HDMI Deep Color” in
“FUNCTION SETUP” on page 34.
HDMI
1080p / fps output (BD only)
This unit is equipped with the feature which can provide
the smooth movement in the playback of film originated
material with the frame rate of 24 frames per second with
progressive. (Available only when the TV is connected by
an HDMI cable and compatible with 1080p24 frame
input.)
Refer to “HDMI Video Resolution” in “FUNCTION SETUP”
on page 34.
Playing back the contents in SD Memory Card
You can play back JPEG stored in an SD Memory Card.
You can store picture-in-picture commentary, subtitles or
other extras for BD-ROM Profile 1 ver.1.1 files in an SD
Memory Card and play back with the BD-video.
Symbols Used in this Manual
To specify for which media type each function is, we put
the following symbols at the beginning of each item to
operate.
Symbol Description
Description refers to BD-video and
BD-RE (ver. 2.1) / BD-R recorded in BDMV
format
Description refers to DVD-video
Description refers to DVD-RW/-R recorded in
VR mode
Description refers to audio CD / DTS-CD
Description refers to DVD, CD-RW/-R and
SD Memory Card with JPEG files
If you do not find any of the symbols listed above under
the function heading, the operation is applicable to all
media.
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